[USA-ANTIGUA & BARBUDA] The USA has never faced a country as small as Antigua & Barbuda (population: 88,000) this late in World Cup qualifying. The Benna Boys are given no chance on Friday night in Tampa (TV: ESPN, ESPN3, Galavision, live, 7 pm ET), but they are treating the Group ... Read the whole story

[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING COUNTDOWN] For the United States and Mexico, perennial favorites to qualify for the World Cup, the only question on Day 1 of the semifinal round of Concacaf qualifying is how many goals will they win by when they host minnows Antigua & Barbuda and Guyana from ... Read the whole story

[DATEBOOK] Euro 2012 kicks off Friday with two games: Poland-Greece at noon ET and Russia-Czech Republic at 2:45 p.m. ET, both on ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Deportes. Noon ET and 2:45 p.m. ET will be the start times for all games for the first eight days. All games after that will ... Read the whole story

[EURO 2012 VIEWING] Euro 2012 concludes Sunday when Spain and Italy meet in the final in Kiev (TV: ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Deportes, 2:45 p.m. ET). Let us know at what establishment you will be watching so your fellow fans can join in the fun ... Read the whole story

[WEEK 14] The Vancouver Whitecaps host the Houston Dynamo Sunday in the lone MLS game of the weekend. All other teams are off because of international activity during the FIFA fixture weekend. Read the whole story

[DATEBOOK] The defending champion Minnesota Stars travel to Carolina to face the RailHawks in a rematch of last year's NASL final. The Stars are unbeaten in nine games, while the RailHawks won for the first time in 10 games last weekend. Both lost to MLS teams in midweek U.S. Open ... Read the whole story

"Poland's anti-hooligan squads are armed with: Shotguns firing baton rounds that probably won't kill you as long as you're 30 meters away, a truck-mounted water cannon affectionately known as 'the
typhoon,' a high-tech sonic cannon that can make you wet yourself on its lowest setting, dogs trained to bite you directly in the testicles."-- The English-language Krakow Post newspaper,
asserting in an editorial that local law enforcement agencies are more than ready to tackle any hooligan threat at England's southern Poland base camp. (AFP) ...More